by Derek Fekkes | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Twice a year, we do a four-week series of Equip Classes, a ministry designed to equip the church with biblical wisdom on relevant topics. Starting Wednesday, March 8, we’ll be diving into the topic of marriage, using Tim Keller’s video series, The Meaning...
by Derek Fekkes | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Too often we look for the Spirit in the extraordinary when God has promised to be present in the ordinary. We look for God in the fresh and novel, as if his grace were always an ‘event,’ when he has promised that his Spirit faithfully attends the ordinary means of...
by Derek Fekkes | Feb 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Anlee and I have tried to read a number of books on marriage or parenting together, only to get a third of the way through and lose steam for various reasons. But there’s one book we’ve made it through, and absolutely loved: Gary Thomas’ Sacred Marriage. We first read...
by Derek Fekkes | Feb 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
I mentioned in a recent post that for years I’ve kept a sheet of paper in the front of my Bible with verses about God’s Word: it’s truthfulness, power, sufficiency, etc. Whenever doubts and questions about the value and necessity of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Feb 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. | Matthew...
by Derek Fekkes | Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Like many, I have observed the increasingly contentious atmosphere of our country (and, to a degree, our world) with a mixture of dismay, confusion, and outrage. I am equally tempted to respond in one of two unhealthy ways: 1) by becoming apathetic towards anything...
